Paper Info
Title
Maximizing Network Utilization in Hybrid Software-Defined Networks.
Abstract
By separating the control and forwarding planes, Software-Defined networking (SDN) enables the forwarding paths to be flexibly controlled by the logically centralized controllers using the global network view. To introduce SDN into existing networks, it is necessary to upgrade traditional devices to SDN-enabled ones. However, due to the business, economic and management limitations, it is difficult to realize full SDN deployment. As a result, how to migrate existing devices to SDN-compliant ones becomes the obvious dilemma for every network operator. In this paper, we address this question from the network performance perspective, and study how to leverage the capability of SDN to maximize traffic flow that can be achieved in hybrid SDNs. We formulate the maximum flow problem in networks with partial SDN deployment, and develop a fast Fully Polynomial Time Approximation Scheme (FPTAS) for solving it. Simulation results using real topologies show that hybrid SDNs outperform traditional networks, and we can obtain a near optimal network performance when 50% of SDN nodes are deployed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/GLOCOM.2015.7417144
IEEE Global Communications Conference
Field
DocType
ISSN
Approximation algorithm,Traffic flow,Global network,Software deployment,Computer science,Computer network,Network topology,Software-defined networking,Routing protocol,Network performance,Distributed computing
Conference
2334-0983
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.42
14
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yannan Hu1705.09
Wendong Wang282172.69
Xiangyang Gong316123.01
Xirong Que414215.76
Yue Ma531.10
Shiduan Cheng681787.36